Sentences with phrase «of public water supplies»

As Gleick points out, the history of water - related diseases and pollution has made us suspicious of public water supplies.

However, the Cuomo administration continued to press the EPA to expand testing of all public water supplies or, as an alternative, have the Legislature pass a measure to do just that.

Albany County lawmakers voted to require anyone blasting within two miles of a public water supply in the county to first research and clean any ground contamination known to be within the blast area.

In addition, 20.2 % of all public water supplied to New York residents originates from groundwater, servicing nearly four - million people.

In June 2015, tests of the public water supply in Hoosick Falls were found to contain more than 600 parts per trillion of PFOA, according to a November letter from the E.P.A., with levels near the plastics factory going as high as 18,000 parts per trillion.

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Infectious diseases also spread more easily after these kinds of weather events, and general infrastructure damage (such as to the water supply) carry unpredictable public health consequences.

The law requires any industry that discharges wastes into a public water supply to pay their pro rata share of treatment cost.

For those using tap water from public water supplies, there is little danger as the water supply is constantly monitored and warnings are issued if there is a risk of contamination.

Use of alternative sources of water should be advised, including deeper wells, public water supplies, or bottled water free of nitrate.

The property is permanently protected by a conservation restriction purchased by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and the City of Worcester, which was eager to protect an important part of its Quinapoxet Reservoir public water supply watershed.

Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Water Company, Tony Goodman said until the rains start, it will be difficult to supply potable water to these aWater Company, Tony Goodman said until the rains start, it will be difficult to supply potable water to these awater to these areas.

A law firm hired by Hoosick Falls to negotiate with two companies blamed for polluting water supplies billed the village tens of thousands of dollars to provide public relations advice and to serve as the gatekeeper for numerous Freedom of Information Law requests filed by news organizations.

Erie County Department of Health is responsible for overseeing and regulating public drinking water supplies» compliance with State and Federal standards.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), 49th State Senate District candidate, today is calling on the New York State Senate to join the state Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives and hold public hearings on the safety of our state's water supply.

All public water supplies are required to test for a variety of contaminants.

The public hearing held by the DEC yielded 6000 comments raising several new concerns about risks to our water supply such as the presence of a toxic chemical dump in the middle of the pipeline alignment.

Oneida County public health department advises the Rome Community that effective today, November 22, 2016, a boil - water advisory has been issued by the City of Rome for areas that are supplied by Rome's water supply.

Nonetheless, state environmental officials downplayed residents» complaints and vehemently disputed local studies that found a link between elevated blood - lead levels among children and the water source switch, until, in October, Snyder conceded the situation had become a «public safety issue» and announced a $ 12m plan to transfer Flint back to its previous supply with the city of Detroit.

It was a local resident, Michael Hickey, who first raised alarms about PFOA in the public water supply in the summer of 2014.

The Hoosic River runs through the village, which has become the epicenter of a public health crisis after researchers discovered that the public water supply was tainted with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, which is used to make Teflon.

HOOSICK FALLS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his first visit to Hoosick Falls on Sunday, about 100 days after the polluted town water supply blew up into one of the most serious public health crises his administration has experienced.

Following the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria, and months without sufficient electricity, water and supplies, the public school system on the island now faces potential manmade devastation: closures of almost 350 public schools.

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

The timeline assembled by the village of Hoosick Falls — with assistance from a public relations firm, Behan Communications — details the outreach village leaders said they made to elected officials as far back as December 2014 seeking assistance in dealing with the growing realization that the town's water supply showed unsafe levels of the toxic compound.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released an audit of Cortland County Public Water Supplies, focusing safety

Top priorities for a second Walsh term include securing grants for replacement of the town pool and major upgrades to Rosendale's public water supply infrastructure.

In that earlier fact sheet, the state asserted that the discovery of the cancer - linked chemical in the public village water supply «does not constitute an immediate health hazard.»

She is poised to pursue New York State grant funding for two major local infrastructure concerns, upgrades to the town's public water supply system and replacement of the town pool, during her second two - year term.

The town water supply in Petersburgh showed elevated results of PFOA of almost 100 parts per trillion, according to results made public on Saturday.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

The process, which involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to extract gas underneath, is seen as a potential economic boon for the upstate region, but environmentalists fear it could damage public water supplies.

Officials said the typical level of the toxic chemical found in the blood samples of more than 2,000 Rensselaer County residents is about 11 times higher than the national average, but well below levels detected in other areas of the nation where the contaminant has also polluted public water supplies.

Nonetheless, landfill is a cheap method of waste disposal, and despite some of the problems it has encountered - such as concerns about the leaching of contaminants into local water supplies - it remains more acceptable to the public than alternatives such as incineration.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo met privately at the state Capitol with school and government leaders from Hoosick Falls about ongoing efforts to deal with the discovery of a toxic chemical that contaminated public and private water supplies in the Rensselaer County community

There is no reason to believe that the DRBC might somehow do other than what it always has done — protect water quality and water supply and conserve the resources of the basin for the public's recreation and enjoyment,» he said.

United Water first proposed the Haverstraw Water Supply Project in January 2007 and has since undertaken an incredibly transparent environmental impact review that included input and consultation with regulators and the public each step of the way.

The municipal systems are free of PFOA contamination and leaders view connecting affected residents to the public water supply as a permanent fix.

Several environmental organizations, boosted by the popular movie «Gasland,» have claimed that using hydrofracturing can endanger public water supplies, in part because of potentially toxic chemicals that are sometimes used to help extract the gas.

Riverkeeper is actively involoved in litigation, advocacy, and public education surrounding the issue of shale gas extraction and related infrastructure, particularly because of the potential impacts on New York State's drinking water supplies.

At a public forum at Southold Town Hall Tuesday night, SCWA representatives, county Legislator Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue) and members of the Town Board all spoke about the importance of protecting the North Fork's fresh water supply.

He has focused his efforts on saving taxpayer dollars through Government Reform — boosting Economic Development to create local and lasting Suffolk County jobs — improving Long Island's Water Quality to protect the region's water supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and rWater Quality to protect the region's water supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and rwater supply — and enhancing the Quality of Life of Suffolk residents by improving public safety and investing in County parks and roads.

Poughkeepsie... The Dutchess County Department of Health (DCDOH) has issued a report summarizing the significant decline in methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) levels in Dutchess County public water supplies over the past decade.

That was the message out of a public forum at Southold Town Hall Tuesday night, where representatives from the Suffolk County Water Authority, Legislator Al Krupski, and members of the Town Board all spoke about the importance of keeping the North Fork's freshwater supplies safe.

I was sitting at my desk at the EPA, buried in paper, and the phone rings, and an elected official asks if I have two to three million dollars to give to the Village of Hoosick Falls to install a carbon filtration system on their public water supply that serves thousands of people.

Depending on the extent of the pollution in Newburgh, an even larger portion of the public could have been exposed to chemicals in their water supply.

In Hoosick Falls, the public water supply tested at about 600 parts per trillion of PFOA.

The story goes as follows: the Village of Hoosick Falls has a public water supply.

In recent weeks, traces of the chemical have been found in private wells and public water supplies in the town of Hoosick, well outside the village, and in North Bennington, Vt., where Saint - Gobain also had a manufacturing plant that closed in 2002.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is scheduled to visit Hoosick Falls on Wednesday afternoon to meet with residents of the embattled community who learned four years ago that their public and private water supplies had been polluted with a toxic manufacturing chemical.

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